Currencies | September 2025

Tradition and Technology

Bermuda’s new notes honor history with more durable, accessible, and sustainable design

Jeff Kearns

MELINDA WEIR

Fintech | September 2025

Technology, Payments, and the Rise of Stablecoins

Technology, data, and changing societal values are reshaping how people and institutions move money and trade financial assets

GITA BHATT

Economic growth | June 2025

Europe’s Moment for Revival

The European Union must unite to shape today’s global economy, rather than be shaped by it

GITA BHATT

Human capital | March 2025

The Talent Equation

The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at an early stage

RUCHIR AGARWAL

PATRICK GAULE

Migration | March 2025

Leah Boustan: Debunking Myths

Chris Wellisz profiles Princeton’s Leah Boustan, who uses ancestry data to test commonly held beliefs

CHRIS WELLISZ

Human capital | March 2025

How Talent Fuels Growth

Smart policies that help people realize their potential can be game-changing for entire societies

GITA BHATT

Housing | December 2024

Walkways, Not Walls

There are benefits to better connecting macroeconomics with real estate economics

PRAKASH LOUNGANI

Technology | December 2024

Tomorrow’s Electricity

The broad adoption of technology across the economy drives growth, not leading industries

CHRIS WELLISZ

Housing | December 2024

Home Truths

Affordability and other complex housing issues challenging governments can be better revealed in broader economic analysis

GITA BHATT

Currencies | September 2024

A Golden History

Kazakhstan’s new banknote series tells the story of the little-known but extraordinary Saka

ANALISA R. BALA